buying expense

基本解釋

Fuel is his single biggest expense: buying it takes up much of his time.
燃料的開銷是最大的：購(gòu)買也需要大量時(shí)間。
There's the expense of buying a vacuum cleaner (and keeping it in good repair), plus the extra cost of purchasing cleaning must-haves like vacuum bags, sponges, paper towels and cleansers.
比如購(gòu)買吸塵器（和它保持工作良好的維脩費(fèi)用），加上購(gòu)買那些日常清潔必須物諸如真空袋，海緜，紙巾和清潔劑的額外費(fèi)用。
The expense of buying a car is more than we can afford.
買車的費(fèi)用超出了我們的支付能力。

In addition to the expense of buying the commercial time, Thomas Harpointner says there are additional costs that many forget.

Few folks can afford the absurd expense of buying insurance out-of-pocket, and countless would-be entrepreneurs stay at unfulfilling jobs for this reason and this reason alone.
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The result is a hard look at other alternatives for funding of what is most families' largest single expense beyond buying a residence and planning for retirement.
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Depending on the price of gas, it can take quite a while for fuel savings to make up for the extra expense of buying a hybrid as opposed to a standard, gasoline-powered equivalent.
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